Sahar Zaman (footballer)

Sahar Zaman (born 6 December 1996) is a Pakistani footballer who plays as a midfielder. She is a member of the Pakistan women's national football team. Zaman is from the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan.[1]

Sahar Zaman
Personal information
Full name Sahar Zaman
Date of birth (1996-12-06) 6 December 1996
Place of birth Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008-2019 Young Rising Stars
2019- WAPDA
International career
2010- Pakistan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

At club level, Zaman has been for the Rawalpindi-based Young Rising Stars. She counts American goalkeeper Hope Solo as one of her inspirations. She got to see Solo in action when Young Rising Stars was invited to the United States on a Sports Envoy Programme in 2009, having won the 2008 National Women Football Championship. [1] She was a part of the Young Rising Stars which won four consecutive National Championship titles from 2010 to 2013.

In 2020, she was part of the WAPDA team which finished third in the 12th edition of the National Women Football Championship. Zaman was awarded the Golden Boot for her 27 goals.[2] In the 2021 National Women Football Championship, she was part of the WAPDA team which topped its group and reached the quarterfinals before the tournament was cancelled.

She has also won three gold medals in the women's football event at the National Games - two with Punjab, and one with WAPDA. While representing Punjab at the 2016 Quaid-e-Azam Inter Provincial Games, she was a part of the team which won the silver medal.[3]

International career

Zaman made her Pakistan debut aged 13 in the 2010 South Asian Games against India in Bangladesh.[1] She was also part of the national team at the 2010 SAFF Women's Championship at Cox's Bazar, where she was the youngest player in the squad. She took part in a Pakistan training camp prior to the 2012 SAFF Women's Championship, and was also in the squad for the 2014 three-match series against Bahrain.[4][5] In the 2014 SAFF Women's Championship in Islamabad, Zaman scored her first international goal in her side's 4-1 win over Bhutan.[6]

Honours

Young Rising Stars

Punjab

WAPDA

Individual

References
  1. Abbasi, Kashif (17 March 2014). "Woman footballer says dream to wear national colour fulfilled". Dawn. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  2. Editorial Staff (3 February 2020). "Uneven playing fields: Women's football is no joke [Express Tribune]". FootballPakistan.com (FPDC). Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  3. "Females | Sports Board Punjab". sportsboard.punjab.gov.pk. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  4. Rahim, Abdul (31 July 2012). "Player's training will take off on 3rd August". The Olympic Sports. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  5. "Pak-Bahrain women series to provide a boost for the SA event". The Capital Post. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  6. Editorial Staff (17 November 2014). "Consolation win: Pakistan women end SAFF journey on a high [Tribune]". FootballPakistan.com (FPDC). Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  7. Lakhani, Faizan (12 January 2020). "Pakistan Army trounces Karachi United 7-1 to lift NWFC trophy". Geo News. Retrieved 24 February 2020.


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